NEWS: Body Count get Comfortably Numb…

Read them and weep. George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher of Cannibal Corpse, Joe Bad of Fit For An Autopsy, Howard Jones of Light The Torch and formerly Killswitch Engage, Max Cavalera of Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. They make up the guest list for the 22nd November via Century Media releasing, long awaited, highly anticipated new album “Merciless” from Body Count. The follow up to 2020’s Grammy Award Winning album “Carnivore” had to go big or go home but did anyone really expect Gilmour’s seminal guitar work adding a haunting, authentic touch to a fresh take on a Pink Floyd exploration of detachment and introspection in “Comfortably Numb“? Pre-orders are available over at bandcamp.

Frontman Ice-T explains: “For me, ‘Comfortably Numb’, is an introspective song—it’s me acknowledging that I’m older now. I’m telling the younger generation, you’ve got two choices: you can keep the fire burning or you can give up. It’s me trying to make sense of what’s happening, but also pointing out that we’re all in a place where we don’t have to face reality. We’ve got flat-screen TVs and popcorn, and we can just sit back and watch the chaos of the world like it’s a TV show. It doesn’t feel real until it shows up at your door. I’m a little numb, too—we all are.”

David Gilmour comments: “Body Count’s version of ‘Comfortably Numb’ is quite radical, but the words really struck me. It astonishes me that a tune I wrote almost 50 years ago is back with this great new approach. They’ve made it relevant again. The initial contact from Ice-T was for permission to use the song, but I thought I might offer to play on it as well. I like the new lyrics, they’re talking about the world we’re living in now, which is quite scary. Ice-T and Body Count played in London recently, sadly I couldn’t make it, but if another opportunity came up to play with them, I’d jump at it.”